GUTS: When the cameras go off on the set of the hit zombie series, things still don’t look quite normal, don’t you agree?

Who would have thought that half the population of genteel Atlanta would be dying to shed their skins and their chins in order to walk the walk on “The Walking Dead? ” I asked special effects genius Greg Nicotero who turns good people bad the who, what, where and how regular folks can get a gig like that.

He says he gets his zombies from an Atlanta extras company and chooses people by physical attributes such as bone structure and big eyes. The morbidly obese clearly need not apply — they have yet to have a fatty turn by the way.

But don’t think rotting is easy. Extras (they don’t have to be SAG — just willing to sag), get there by 5 am for makeup and prosthetics and work at least until 8 PM.

As you can see lunch is provided. Something in a nice eyeball with those chips lady?